What gives you self-worth?

Success and failure. Both come hand in hand

I’m trying to learn self-empathy. That is, I’d never tell somebody else that they don’t deserve to be alive, or that they need to somehow “earn” their right to life by accomplishing things, so why should I say that to myself? Easier said than done…

If you’re suffering from side effects from your birth control, can you take a different form?

Please don’t ever harm yourself. We lurve you too much.

Achievement, especially when the achievement is both valuable to you and the people around you. But achievement by itself without external recognition is enough.

I endeavor to be helpful; to be creative; and to actively love and care for my family. If I’m working on those, then I have self-worth.

You have value, we all have value, simply by working on the things we care about. By trying.

If you are really fantasizing about killing yourself, you should seek help. Because killing yourself is not trying, it’s giving up.

@Mariah thanks :)

@cookieman no need to be patronizing

@trolltoll, I don’t think @cookieman‘s response was patronizing. His comment was absolutely right.

@Earthbound_Misfit really, telling me I should seek help and that killing yourself is giving up? Alright, I’ll be sure to make a note of that. What an insight.

I’d say @cookieman‘s comment was responsible. You said you think about killing yourself. If you really do this, you should seek help and whether you agree or not, suicide is giving up.

@Earthbound_Misfit I know (think) you mean well but your comments feel condescending. I don’t really need people telling me I should seek help or that suicide is a cop-out. I’m a grown woman; this is something I’ve struggled with since adolescence. I have been “seeking help” for over a decade.

@trolltoll: Not at all patronizing. I am completely sincere. I am sorry if you took it otherwise.

Volunteering at and donating to various local causes and the college scholarship I started last year.

I do.

Self worth is not based on looks.
It is the realization that everyone has the rights and privileges to belong to the bigger scheme of things.
You are placed here on Earth as a valuable soul who has to discover their main purpose of being here.
Sometimes to get to that purpose it involves painful experiences to sharpen your resolve and to lead you to your reason for being.
Life is more than looks..realize that.
What a person does for humanity is more important than what they look like.
In life there is always someone better and someone worse off than you.
Read inspiring stories.
Read Positive quotes.
Read ” The Synchronicity Key”
Get outside and enjoy Nature in its bounty and feel happy that you live among it.
People take life for granted until something jolts them into realizing life offers so much more.
Just look in the right places.
One way is to take a camera and take photos of what is good in this life..one gets an entirely different perspective after that.
Good luck in finding yourself in a better way.

My love making skills & my collection of fwuffy wabbit slippers

@Cruiser that’s so cool! Could you describe the scholarship?

@SecondHandStoke teach me your ways

@Inspired_2write what is “The Synchronicity Key” about?

@ucme that’s cute

@trolltoll Both my sons had the most amazing Auto’s class teacher. He mentored both my boys and without getting into details…he helped to motivate them and help them becomes leaders in the Auto’s program. The effect was lasting and profound and I wanted to show my appreciation for his care and dedication to teaching. So I started an annual college scholarship that is in this teachers honor and he gets to pick the one Senior who has embodied the qualities of a leader inside and outside of the class room. The scholarship is called “The Need to Lead”.

The fun part is my youngest is a Senior and this teacher has already said my son is a front runner for the scholarship and I said that this is completely his choice as to who wins and if my son is the best choice for him, then so be it as he would have earned it. This is all done anonymously and I just sit in the crowd and watch the award ceremony.

Generating an income.

Knowing I have been helpful and supportive in difficult times.

Hearing a child comment positively on my work skills( kids tend to be brutally honest ).

Having my opinion/suggestion valued and used.

Not much else and this is a department I battle with.

@Cruiser
That there is no such thing as accidents/coinsidences etc
That everything is designed for one to learn and grow spiritually.
It answers the Wy of things in ones life.

By discovering that which is priceless within.

@Inspired_2write What then is the lesson to be learned by the family of 4 who was T-boned by a drunk driver who ran a red light and both their kids were killed in the accident. Pick and choose any configuration of loss of life in that car and tell me how the survivor(s) grow spiritually. I already live my life like there is no tomorrow and if anyone of my family members was killed in an accident, I sincerely doubt I would experience any spiritual growth from that experience, instead I think I would be rather angry and spiritually bankrupt.

That at any time one can lose their life and to value everyday.
It was for the survivor to learn the value of his life still remains in remembering the loved ones that were shockingly lost in that way.
You can be angry and unaccepting or accept and understand and therefore become a shoulder for others in suffering as well.
Be the beacon of strength for others.
I am sorry for your sufferings.